Antonio Conte is keen to bolster Chelsea's homegrown quota after allowing a number of English players to leave this summer and has targeted moves for Arsenal's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Everton's Ross Barkley.

The midfield duo are in the final-year of their contracts with their respective clubs and are yet to agree new deals. The Italian coach is keen to take advantage of the uncertainty and bring them to Stamford Bridge this summer.

Barkley, on the other hand, has rejected Everton's offer of a new contract and manager Ronald Koeman revealed recently that the midfielder is '100%' certain to leave this summer. The Toffees value the England international at £50m ($65.3) but are yet to receive any concrete offers for the midfielder.

Chelsea have allowed Nathaniel Chalobah, Dominic Solanke and John Terry to leave on a permanent basis, while Ruben Loftus-Cheek has left on loan. It leaves Gary Cahill as the only Englishman in the Premier League champions' first-team at the moment. They have only five homegrown players in the first-team squad at the moment - Cahill, Victor Moses, Andreas Christensen, Cesc Fabregas and Charly Musonda – three short of the eight player minimum quota.

Conte is targeting further additions in midfield and defence after completing four signings (Getty)

Conte has already signed four players thus far this summer – Willy Caballero, Antonio Rudiger, Tiemoue Bakayoko and Alvaro Morata – and is said to be keen to add four more players. Apart from midfield, he is also looking for reinforcements in the wing-back areas with Alex Sandro said to be a priority target.